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Lattice-Dynamical, Elastic and Thermo-Dynamical Properties of GaAs, InAs, and their Mixed Ga1-xInxAs Alloys

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A computational study on the lattice dynamical, elastic, and thermodynamical properties of GaAs, InAs, and their ternary mixed alloys (Ga1-xInxAs) in the zinc-blende structural phase is presented. This study is performed by employing an extended three-body shell model (TBSM) accompanied by adjustable parameters. Our calculated results for the elastic properties show that Ga1-xInxAs alloys are mechanically stable for all the studied compositions. The alloy Ga1-xInxAs at x = 0.38 and the binary compound GaAs are found to be brittle but the InAs compound is found to be ductile in nature. Moreover, it is also noted that elastic constants, C11 and C44 , decreased with increasing indium (In) concentration but C12 is increased. Overall, our calculated results are in excellent agreement with the available theoretical results and experimental data.

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The author Bin-Omran acknowledges Researchers Supporting Project number (RSP-2021/82), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The author (Bakhtiar Ul Haq) extends his appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at King Khalid University for funding his work through Research Groups Program under Grant No. R.G.P. 2/186/43.

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  1. Department of Physics, K.N. Govt. P.G. College Gyanpur, Bhadohi, 221304, India

    A. K. Kushwaha, S. P. Mishra & M. K. Vishwakarma

  2. Department of Physics, M.S.J. Govt. College, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, 321001, India

    Shivali Chauhan

  3. Centre for High Energy Physics, University of the Punjab, Quaid-e-Azam Campus, Lahore, 54590, Pakistan

    R. Ahmed

  4. Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University Teknologi Malaysia, Johor Bahru, 81310, Johor, Malaysia

    R. Ahmed

  5. Laboratoire de Physique Quantique et de Modélisation Mathématique (LPQ3M), Département de Technologie, Université de Mascara, 29000, Mascara, Algerie

    R. Khenata

  6. Advanced Functional Materials and Optoelectronics Laboratory (AFMOL), Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Khalid University, P.O. Box 9004, Abha, Saudi Arabia

    Bakhtiar Ul Haq

  7. Department of Physics and Astronomy, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia

    S. Bin Omran

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Kushwaha, A.K., Mishra, S.P., Chauhan, S. et al. Lattice-Dynamical, Elastic and Thermo-Dynamical Properties of GaAs, InAs, and their Mixed Ga1-xInxAs Alloys. J. Electron. Mater. 51, 3033–3041 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-022-09524-8

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